DocumentCode
1442029
Title
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Author
Helmer, R.L.
Author_Institution
TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Volume
47
Issue
6
fYear
2000
fDate
12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2087
Lastpage
2091
Abstract
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a 1000 tonne heavy water Cerenkov detector built to observe neutrinos from the sun and from supernovae. It is located deep underground to reduce the cosmic background radiation to negligible levels. The observatory is nearing completion and will commence full data taking early in 1999. Some aspects of its design and construction, and some of the critical components necessary for its successful operation, are described. The current status of the observatory is reviewed, and two types of background events observed in its preliminary phase of operation are presented
Keywords
Cherenkov counters; cosmic ray apparatus; cosmic ray neutrinos; heavy water; neutrino detection; 1000 tonne; D2O; Sudbury Neutrino Observatory; cosmic background radiation; critical components; heavy water Cerenkov detector; Collaboration; Current measurement; Detectors; Earth; Electrons; Neutrino sources; Neutrons; Observatories; Scattering; Sun;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/23.903853
Filename
903853
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